MANA’WAVE Student Office

Mana’Wave is the Student Office (Bureau des Étudiants, BDE) at IAE Bretagne Occidentale.

Since 2007, it has been coordinating IAE student initiatives and helping students to make the most of their experience by organising evenings, meet-ups, and cultural and sporting events, and providing students with guidance and support for their projects.

ALUMNIS

The aim of the alumni network of IAE Bretagne Occidentale is to maintain the social link between graduates, interns and students, and to provide opportunities for exchange with current students and interns.

Joining the association:

• Maintain ties between new and former IAE students.
• Contribute to IAE’s development and reputation.

Getting involved in the running of the association:

• Play a central role in the network and the institution.
• Bring the network to life collectively.
• Or simply join for the pleasure of sharing, collaborating and supporting one another in a friendly setting.

OFFICE OF STUDENT LIFE (BVE)

It contributes to the organisation of student activities on all university campuses by welcoming students and providing them with information about university life such as associations, culture, sport, health, and various commitments.

BVE is the main point of contact for student associations, providing assistance for functioning (address, premises, lease requests, equipment) and offering support for all student projects through the FSDIE Fund for student initiatives.

BVE is also tasked with fostering student citizenship: involvement in different councils and boards (conseils), and participation in representative elections.

For further information, please contact:
Email: bve@univ-brest.fr
Tel.: +33(0)2 98 01 69 43

SPORTING ACTIVITIES

The Sports and Physical Activities Department (SUAPS) offers over 50 different sporting activities.

The annual joining fee is included in the CVEC contribution to student life payment. There is a €30 supplement for outdoor watersports activities.

For further information, please contact:

Gymnase universitaire

4, rue du Bouguen, 29200 Brest

Tel.: +33 (0)2 98 01 64 16 – Email: suaps@univ-brest.fr

THE CROUS

WHAT IS THE CROUS?

CROUS are state-run regional centres for student services, whose aim is to improve student living and working conditions. Seven student representatives sit on the Board (Conseil d’Administration) and are members of the commissions.

WHAT DOES IT DO?

It mainly operates in the traditional sectors of accommodation, catering, and the allocation and management of higher education grants. But it also fulfils other missions such as social welfare services for students experiencing difficulties, on-campus cultural services and activities, temporary job offers, and welcoming international students.

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

The Bouguen University Library (BU du Bouguen) is specialised in Management Sciences. Students can use this space for quiet study all day and evening until 22:00. Library staff are on hand to offer help with obtaining information and literature, training on documentary research, and to help access the wide range of digital services available.

10, avenue Le Gorgeu,

29200 Brest

Tel.: +33(0)2 98 01 64 04

HEALTH

The University Medical Centre (SUMPPS) is a service offering general healthcare consultations. Other specialised healthcare services are also available.

When visiting the health centre, do not forget to take your French health insurance card (Carte Vitale) and your top-up/additional health insurance papers (attestation de complémentaire santé) to receive the relevant reimbursements.

13, rue de Lanrédec, 29200 Brest

Tel.: +33 (0)2 98 01 82 88

ACCESSIBLE AND CONNECTED 

• Walk, bike, bus, tram and cable car (Did you know that, Brest is equipped with the first urban cable car in France?), everything is designed to make the daily lives of urban public transportation easier.

• The road and public transport networks makes it easy to get around. With its 16 bus lines and a tram, the Bibus network means that universities in Brest are particularly well-connected.

a dynamic city

A pioneer in many fields, the territory is a reference in the field of research and innovation. The Pays de Brest represents 24% of public research in Brittany and ranks first in Europe in the field of marine sciences and technologies. Enthusiastic? Here, you will be able to explore, search, move the lines and move forward!

One of the biggest assets of this energy is the people and the solidarity that unites them. The strength of the networks, their number, their accessibility, the model of cooperatives or even the ample diversity of the associative fabric, illustrate this collective strength, this social cohesion, this will to put ideas, projects, and players in motion.

an athletic city

With, a club, an association, in a group or alone, you will not have a valid excuse to refrain from getting a move on! It is very easy, except for snow skiing. One can practice almost any sport in the Brest area. And if your dream is to go at sea after work, rejoice: in a few minutes you will be on the water and the office will seem far away.

80% of the Brest region population practices an athletic activity. This energy, is particularly noticeable in Brest: with more than 120 disciplines, 225 clubs, 45,000 licensed athletes, 4,000 volunteers and its harbor of 18,000 hectares, the city is an example for the Department of Sports that granted Brest with the Label " Ville active et sportive” in February 2017.